THE BRIGHT SIDE

Decide to be happy today, to live with what is yours – your family, your business, your job, your luck. If you can’t have what you like, maybe you can like what you have.

Just for today, be kind, cheerful, agreeable, responsive, caring, and understanding. Be your best, dress your best, talk softly, and look for the bright side of things. Praise people for what they do and do not criticize them for what they cannot do. If someone does something stupid, forgive and forget. After all, it’s just for one day.

Who knows, it might turn out to be a nice day.

Always think on the bright side--no matter what life brings to your day. You'll gain a treasure within your soul that no worry or hardship can ever take away. Isaac Purcell

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THE BRIGHT SIDE

I'm looking out the windowand the day is drab and dreary,And I'm trying to console myselfby thinking something cheeryI know it's simply horribleto get in such a slumpAnd I also know it's up to me to get across the humpAnd I realize I'm selfishto mention this to youFor, gee, you might be feelinga little 'low-down' toobut often when I feel like thisI tell myself it's trueThat I am not the only onewho feels 'low-down and blue'And just knowing there are otherswho feel the way I doRenews my sinking spirit and keeps me smiling throughand know that it's naturalto take a 'spirit-dive'Provides the spunk and courageto hang on and surviveAnd while there are a lot of moodsthat we can drive awayby looking on the BRIGHT SIDEin all we do and say,There also is a lonelinessthat God meant us to feelBut, gee, it sure is mighty hardto know which one is realAnd I'd hate to be a 'sad sack'who never saw the sunAnd just complained that every daywas such a dreary one.But I know that all the dark daysare just part of God's planWe should accept them graciouslyand do the best we can...So I'll just keep on tryingfor I know it's 'Gospel true'there never was a cloud so darkthe sun could not shine through!by Helen Steiner Rice

On the Bright Side Newsletter

I send this little letter out each morning to all my family and friends and even to a few people that I've never met. Many of them send it on to others too. So in order to make it available to more people I post the 'brighter side' of the news here each day in this journal. The letter began as an effort to keep in touch with my family as they are spread out in all directions. My family, friends and God are the most important things in my life.You'll find quotes, poems and stories and even a few recipes included in this newsletter. I try to find something new each day to share. In a world that very often publishes only the dark side of things I felt that others would be encouraged to hear about 'the bright side'.'On Ya'-ma

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ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE

The comfortable and comforting people are those who look upon the bright side of life; gathering its roses and sunshine and makingthe most that happens seem the best.Dorothy Dix

Thursday, August 6, 2015

For Thursday, August 6th, 2015

August 6th is Wiggle Your Toes Day. This day encourages you to give your little piggy toes some exercise.

Those ten extremities at the ends of your feet, are crying out for a little freedom. Cramped up inside a pair of shoes or sneakers all day long, your toes just don't get the chance to move about freely, as they would like to do.

Celebrate Wiggle Your Toes Day by airing out your toes, and wiggling them around for all to see. The best place to wiggle your toes on a hot August day, is in the pool. Or, sit on a dock and stick your wiggly little toes in the water.

If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

I'll take the dream I had last night,And put it in my freezer,So someday long and far away,When I'm an old grey greezer,I'll take it out and thaw it out,This lovely dream I've frozen,And boil it up and sit me downAnd dip my old cold toes in.

Shel Silverstein

One of my favorite places to wiggle my toes is in the sand at the beach. So far this year, there have been no beach sightings at all and that is a sad thing as it’s only about a half hour drive from my house to the shores of Lake Erie.

Of course there are plenty of days that my mind takes a trip to the beach. I can just imagine walking in the sand along the shoreline and looking out at the waves as the pound into the sand. It’s always a peace filled and happy moment in time for me.

Until we don’t have something, we cannot truly appreciate its importance. Our feet and are toes are something we should take good care of. DD found out just how important it really is to wear water shoes on the beach as this summer she managed to injure her foot by stepping on a skeleton of a sting ray barb and then having to have surgery to remove it. She’s still not fully recovered from that.

DSIL’s dad has had a rough time of it too since he took a fall and injured his leg. He had surgery to try and repair the veins in his leg but it proved unsuccessful. Regretfully today he will be having surgery to remove his leg from the knee down. Please join me in saying some prayers for him today.

I’m thankful that I still can wiggle my toes and I’m being much more cautious when it comes to where I put my feet. Please give a thought to where you put yours too. The beach pictures are from a couple of years ago.

I hope you all have a GREAT day. Happy Thursday !

COUNTING MY GIFTS

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance…is a celebration of that miracle.

Martha Washington

Counting at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for. There is truly is always something to be thankful for.

3010. for my feet and toes that still wiggle

3011. for the beach, my favorite place to be

3012. for walking, always good exercise

Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!

3 comments:

Will say a prayer for a successful surgery. I do like to wiggle my goes in the summer months; pretty much wear flip flops around the house, but more confined shoes when I go out. So important to look out for our feet indeed!